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  2. Ostomy system - Wikipedia

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    Pouching systems usually consist of a collection pouch, a barrier on the skin, and connect with the stoma itself, which is the part of the body that has been diverted to the skin. The system may be a one-piece system consisting only of a bag or, in some instances involve a device placed on the skin with a collection pouch that is attached ...

  3. Kock pouch - Wikipedia

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    The pouch has a volume of 500ml to 1000ml so that feces can be stored temporarily and the patient need not carry a stoma bag.This improves the patient's quality of life. A valve is constructed by intussusception of the terminal ileum, [2] thereby containing the stored feces.

  4. Urostomy - Wikipedia

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    The urine is collected through a bag that attaches on the outside of the body over the stoma. Indiana pouch; A "continent urostomy" is an artificial bladder formed out of a segment of small bowel. This is fashioned into a pouch, which can be emptied intermittently with a catheter. It avoids the need for a stoma bag on the urostomy.

  5. Ileostomy - Wikipedia

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    Ileostomy is a stoma (surgical opening) constructed by bringing the end or loop of small intestine (the ileum) out onto the surface of the skin, or the surgical procedure which creates this opening. [1] Intestinal waste passes out of the ileostomy and is collected in an external ostomy system which is placed next to the opening.

  6. Mitrofanoff procedure - Wikipedia

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    The small opening on the skin surface, or the stoma, is typically located either in the navel or nearby the navel on the right lower side of the abdomen. [3] Originally developed by Professor Paul Mitrofanoff in 1980, the procedure represents an alternative to urethral catheterization [ 4 ] and is sometimes used by people with urethral damage ...

  7. Partial specific volume - Wikipedia

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    The PSV is usually measured in milliLiters (mL) per gram (g), proteins > 30 kDa can be assumed to have a partial specific volume of 0.708 mL/g. [1] Experimental determination is possible by measuring the natural frequency of a U-shaped tube filled successively with air, buffer and protein solution.

  8. Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of ...

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    Tiny pieces of plastic have been discovered in the human placenta, breastmilk, testes, liver, kidneys, carotid arteries and the brain. - Douglas Sacha/Moment RF/Getty Images/File

  9. File:Opening and Closing of Stoma.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Opening and Closing of Stoma. As K+ levels increase in the guard cells, the water potential of the guard cells drops, and water enters the guard cells.